Northerly Island

I heard that the Northerly Island path was taped off today. Anyone hear anything about this? Is it just the beach entrance or can we still get on via the parking lot entrance? I imagine this has to do with the planned expansion of the Charter One Pavilion...

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Permalink Reply by David Barish on April 29, 2013 at 7:04am

Nothing should be a problem in my bag other than a Park Tool, a pump, a spare tube and tire levers.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 29, 2013 at 11:05am

At the risk of saying something as inane as "we can't let the terrorists win" we can't let the terrorists win. If we learned anything from 911 it should be that our rights and freedoms are always more important than our safety. To accept anything short of that is to spit in the face of everyone who fought and died to win our (government's acceptance of our) freedoms. To prohibit bags is to prohibit utility biking and we cannot let that happen. There is no option to "leave the bag in your car" when you have no car.

Permalink Reply by S on May 1, 2013 at 7:35am

And it looks like they've fenced off the southern portion of the island so you can't really can't use northerly island at all unless you hop through a hop in the fence or something.  At least, we'll have a new concert venue like the ones in grant park with some cool bands right?

Permalink Reply by Jason W on July 3, 2013 at 8:14am

Apparently it is the worst venue ever.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/charter-one-pavilion-at-northerly-island-ch...

(FYI the first review is fiction and didn't happen)

It is ridiculous they paved over more lakefront green space and made this shitty concert venue. Sell your Phish tickets now! YBW

S said:

And it looks like they've fenced off the southern portion of the island so you can't really can't use northerly island at all unless you hop through a hop in the fence or something.  At least, we'll have a new concert venue like the ones in grant park with some cool bands right?

Permalink Reply by S on July 3, 2013 at 9:01am

Well, they also managed the regrade/trash the southern portion of the island with piles of dirt.  I guess the spiel about being a nature preserve/refuge only counts if no one is offering cash.  I'll believe the plans for the nature habitats on the rest of the island when it actually happens.

Jason W said:

Apparently it is the worst venue ever.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/charter-one-pavilion-at-northerly-island-ch...

(FYI the first review is fiction and didn't happen)

It is ridiculous they paved over more lakefront green space and made this shitty concert venue. Sell your Phish tickets now! YBW

S said:

And it looks like they've fenced off the southern portion of the island so you can't really can't use northerly island at all unless you hop through a hop in the fence or something.  At least, we'll have a new concert venue like the ones in grant park with some cool bands right?

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on July 3, 2013 at 9:31am

Shame on the Park District for not getting this done over a weekend, so we would not be inconvenienced. The whole plan is here. Take a look at the rendering and you will see that this is a massive undertaking and will take a little longer than planting a backyard garden. Take a look at the rest of the plan and you might feel that will be worth the wait.

Permalink Reply by Jason W on July 3, 2013 at 10:06am

Wrong Gene! That is the maybe someday, maybe not, plan. This is the plan that has been greenlighted. Just a reworking of the grade on the south part of the island and some new plantings. They say this will take a year here. It only took them about a month after the new concert venue was greenlighted to get that massive project done. I bet that was a bigger undertaking. So I think "S" makes an very valid point. It only takes a month if there is money for them in it. Meanwhile, I have not seen them moving dirt on the south end in weeks. They claimed they were going to let Fishermen to the southeast part of the harbor when work is not going, but they just left it closed. After all, there is no money in letting the public use public land.

Permalink Reply by S on July 3, 2013 at 10:07am

I understand that it would be a multi-year undertaking.  It's just that I don't have any confidence in the city and park district actually following through and completing the project instead of canceling it due to financial issues or something similar.

Gene Tenner said:

Shame on the Park District for not getting this done over a weekend, so we would not be inconvenienced. The whole plan is here. Take a look at the rendering and you will see that this is a massive undertaking and will take a little longer than planting a backyard garden. Take a look at the rest of the plan and you might feel that will be worth the wait.

Permalink Reply by Michelle Loomis on July 4, 2013 at 4:13am

They should have just left it as an airport. I guess hobby pilots are dying out but I have fond memories of visiting Chicago for day trips with my family when I was little. After it was torn down my dad boycotted Chicago and has only came to visit because I moved here.

Flying isn't just for the rich or privileged. My dad flies as a hobby, just like anyone else has a hobby. There are flight communities that have shared airplanes and are paid for communally or through clubs. You can pay just enough to have the airplane for a few days just like you would rent a car.I know hobby pilots are a small population of people, but the city has lots of venues that benefit specific groups of people. This noisy/windy section of city should have been left an airport.

 

That's my opinion, but I know I am biased.

 

Permalink Reply by David Barish on July 8, 2013 at 5:43am

That's unfortunate news. I was planning to ride to see Phish on the 20th. 

Permalink Reply by JeffB on July 8, 2013 at 6:31am

I asked him if he could look into the state of the expanded parking via twitter this morning and his response was: "yes, have @ChicagoDOT looking at it".



h' 1.0 said:

Any chance one of you yung-uns can call him on the Tweeter and ask what happened to this?

h' 1.0 said:

Well, that was a feel-good tweet for sure, but it didn't happen.

Bike parking is completely unchanged from last year.  There is one rack of 5 inverted 'U's:

Permalink Reply by David Barish on July 10, 2013 at 9:00am

Yes. A parking fee was included in my ticket. I do not plan on availing myself of this benefit.  Big question- did the security goons let you bring a bag into the venue? I will have a pannier  for lock, pump, bike essentials, personal items and the blanket that I plan to use since I have a lawn (er mud) seat.

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